Recalling
all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions
425 (1978), 426 (1978), 1559 (2004), 1680 (2006), 1701 (2006), 1773
(2007), 1832 (2008), 1884 (2009), 1937 (2010) and 2004 (2011) as well
as the statements of its President on the situation in Lebanon,

Responding
to the request of the Government of Lebanon to extend the mandate of
UNIFIL for a new period of one year without amendment presented in a
letter from the Lebanese Foreign Minister to the Secretary-General of
21 July 2012 and welcoming the letter from the Secretary-General to
its President of 14 August 2012 (S/2012/632) recommending this
extension,

Reiterating
its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and
political independence of Lebanon,

Reaffirming
its commitment to the full implementation of all provisions of
resolution 1701 (2006), and aware of its responsibilities to help
secure a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution as envisioned
in the resolution,

Calling
upon all concerned parties to strengthen their efforts to fully
implement all provisions of resolution 1701 (2006) without delay,

Expressing
deep concern at all violations in connection with resolution 1701
(2006), and looking forward to the rapid finalization of
UNIFIL’s investigations with a view to preventing such violations
in the future,

Welcoming
the constructive role played by the tripartite mechanism in
de escalating tensions and expressing its support for the
efforts of UNIFIL to engage with both parties to further develop
liaison and coordination arrangements,

Emphasizing
the importance of full compliance with the prohibition on sales and
supply of arms and related materiel established by resolution 1701,

Recalling
the utmost importance that all parties concerned respect the Blue
Line in its entirety, welcoming the progress in the marking of
the Blue line, and encouraging the parties to accelerate their
efforts in coordination with UNIFIL to visibly mark the Blue Line in
its entirety, as well as to move forward on the marking of its points
of contention, as recommended by the Strategic Review,

Condemning
in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against UNIFIL
peacekeepers on 9 December 2011, as well as all attempts to threaten
the security and stability of Lebanon, reaffirming its
determination to ensure that no such acts of intimidation will
prevent UNIFIL from implementing its mandate in accordance with
Security Council resolution 1701,

Recalling
the relevant principles contained in the Convention on the Safety of
United Nations and Associated Personnel,

Commending
the active role and dedication of the personnel of UNIFIL and
expressing its strong appreciation to Member States that
contribute to UNIFIL and underlining the necessity that UNIFIL
have at its disposal all necessary means and equipment to carry out
its mandate,

Recalling
the request from the Government of Lebanon to deploy an international
force to assist it to exercise its authority throughout the territory
and reaffirming UNIFIL’s authority to take all necessary
action in areas of operations of its forces and as it deems within
its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations is not
utilized for hostile activities of any kind and to resist attempts by
forceful means to prevent it from discharging its mandate,

Welcoming
the efforts of the Secretary-General to keep all peacekeeping
operations, including UNIFIL, under close review and stressing the
need for the Council to pursue a rigorous, strategic approach to
peacekeeping deployments,

Expressingits full support for the strategic priorities and
recommendations identified by the Secretary-General in his letter of
12 March 2012 (S/2012/151) as a result of the Strategic Review of
UNIFIL, and requesting the Secretary-General to continue
updating the Council on the implementation of the Strategic Review,

Calling
upon member States to assist the Lebanese Armed Forces as needed
to enable it to perform its duties in line with resolution 1701,

Determining
that the situation in Lebanon continues to constitute a threat to
international peace and security,

1.
Decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31
August 2013;

2.
Commends the positive role of UNIFIL, whose deployment
together with the Lebanese Armed Forces has helped to establish a new
strategic environment in southern Lebanon, welcomes the
expansion of coordinated activities between UNIFIL and the Lebanese
armed forces, and calls for further enhancement of this
cooperation;

3.
Welcomes in this regard the engagement of UNIFIL and the
Lebanese Armed Forces in the Strategic dialogue which aims at
carrying out analysis of ground forces and maritime assets and
setting a series of benchmarks reflecting the correlation between the
capacities and responsibilities of UNIFIL vis-à-vis those of the
Lebanese Armed Forces, with a view to identifying Lebanese Armed
Forces requirements for implementing tasks mandated in resolution
1701 (2006), calls for an acceleration of its pace, consistent
with the relevant recommendations of the Strategic Review, including
through enhancing the coordination amongst donors to provide
assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces to enable it to fulfil its
mandated tasks under resolution 1701 (2006);

4.
Strongly calls upon all parties concerned to respect the
cessation of hostilities, to prevent any violation of the Blue line
and to respect it in its entirety and to cooperate fully with the
United Nations and UNIFIL;

5.
Condemns in the strongest terms all terrorist attacks against
UNIFIL and urges all parties to abide scrupulously by their
obligation to respect the safety of UNIFIL and other United Nations
personnel and to ensure that the freedom of movement of UNIFIL is
fully respected and unimpeded, in conformity with its mandate and its
rules of engagement including by avoiding any course of action which
endangers United Nations personnel, and in this regard, calls
for further cooperation between UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces
in particular regarding coordinated and adjacent patrols, welcomes
the commitment of the Lebanese authorities to bring to justice the
perpetrators of the 27 May, 26 July and 9 December 2011 attacks
and to protect UNIFIL movements and reiterates its call for
the rapid finalization of the investigation launched by Lebanon
regarding the 27 May, 26 July and 9 December 2011 attacks in
order to bring to justice the perpetrators of these attacks;

6.
Urges all parties to cooperate fully with the Security Council
and the Secretary-General to make tangible progress towards a
permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution as envisioned in
resolution 1701 (2006), and emphasizes that more work remains
to be done by the parties to advance the full implementation of
resolution 1701 (2006);

7.
Urges the Government of Israel to expedite the withdrawal of
its army from northern Ghajar without further delay in coordination
with UNIFIL, which has actively engaged Israel and Lebanon to
facilitate such a withdrawal;

8.
Reaffirms its call on all states to fully support and respect
the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani River of an
area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those
of the Government of Lebanon and UNIFIL;

9.
Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNIFIL to implement
the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual
exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel
with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the
Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this
regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges
troop-contributing countries to take preventive and disciplinary
action to ensure that such acts are properly investigated and
punished in cases involving their personnel;

10.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the
Council on the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006), every four
months, or at any time as he deems appropriate;

11.
Stresses the importance of, and the need to achieve, a
comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on
all its relevant resolutions including its resolutions 242 (1967) of
22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1515 (2003) of
19 November 2003, and 1850 (2008) of 16 December 2008;